Senior DevOps Engineer
Company DescriptionDo you want to develop your career and make an impact in the fast-growth, fast-moving B2B technology space?
At Informa TechTarget, you'll collaborate and grow alongside some of the industry's most respected experts. You'll work with leading brands and be exposed to world-shaping innovations. You'll apply your energy and intellect to helping clients be faster to market and faster to revenue.
We're a vibrant community of world-class practitioners – over 2000 colleagues strong – with offices in 19 locations around the world. We're traded on Nasdaq and also part of Informa PLC, a global leader in business-to-business events, digital services, and academic research in the FTSE 100.About Informa TechTargetInforma TechTarget (Nasdaq: TTGT) informs, influences and connects the world's technology buyers and sellers, to accelerate growth from R&D to ROI.With an unparalleled reach of over 220 highly targeted technology-specific websites and more than 50 million permissioned first-party audience members, Informa TechTarget has a unique understanding of and insight into technology markets.
Underpinned by those audiences and their data, we offer expert-led, data-driven, and digitally enabled services that deliver significant impact and measurable outcomes to our clients. We provide our customers with: Trusted information that shapes the industry and informs investmentIntelligence and advice that guides and influences strategyAdvertising that grows reputation and establishes thought leadershipCustom content that engages and prompts actionIntent and demand generation that more precisely targets and convertsOur organization is committed to sustainability, diversity, wellbeing, and ethical working practices. Visit informatechtarget.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
For more information, visit informatechtarget.com and follow us on LinkedInJob DescriptionThis role is based in our 240 Blackfriars, London office. We're looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to own and evolve our Windows-based infrastructure running in AWS. This role is focused on operational excellence, security, automation, and developer enablement.
You'll work closely with product engineering teams to ensure systems are secure, reliable, and easy to deploy, while driving improvements in CI/CD, monitoring, and infrastructure automation.
What You'll DoManage and operate Windows Server environments in AWS (EC2), ensuring high availability and performanceOwn patching, vulnerability management, and system hardening processes across Windows workloadsMonitor and respond to security events, working closely with security teams to remediate risksBuild and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support consistent, reliable application deploymentsImplement and improve Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or similar toolsDevelop automation using PowerShell and scripting to reduce manual operational overheadDesign and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging systems to ensure system healthPartner with product engineering teams to troubleshoot application and infrastructure issuesSupport releases and ensure smooth deployment processes across environmentsParticipate in on-call rotations and act as an escalation point for production incidentsLead or contribute to incident response and post-mortems, driving long-term improvementsCore Tech StackAWS (Primary)EC2 (Windows workloads), VPC, IAMS3, EBS, Systems Manager (SSM)CloudWatch (or integration with tools like Datadog)Load Balancers (ALB/NLB)Infrastructure & AutomationTerraform (preferred) or CloudFormationCI/CD: GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similarMicrosoft / WindowsWindows Server administrationMS SQL Server (standalone and AWS RDS)Active Directory / identity integrationIIS and .NET application hostingPowerShell scripting and automationObservability & OperationsMonitoring and alerting platforms (Datadog, CloudWatch, etc.)Logging and incident response toolingQualificationsWhat We're Looking ForExtensive experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Systems EngineeringStrong hands-on experience with AWS in production environmentsProven experience managing Windows Server infrastructure (preferably in AWS)Experience with patching, vulnerability remediation, and security event handlingStrong experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelinesExperience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred)Strong scripting skills in PowerShellExperience with monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting production systemsAbility to collaborate closely with engineering teams and support production workloadsNice to HaveExperience with Active Directory integration in AWS (Managed AD, AD Connector)Familiarity with Sitecore CMS, other .NET applications and IIS in productionExperience with AWS Systems Manager (SSM) for patching and automationExposure to containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes)Experience with Datadog or OpenTelemetry-based observabilityUnderstanding of FinOps and cloud cost optimisationWhat Makes You SuccessfulYou prioritise automation, reliability, and repeatability in everything you buildYou take ownership of systems and drive issues through resolutionYou're comfortable working in production environments and handling incidentsYou collaborate effectively with engineering and security teamsYou continuously look for ways to reduce toil and improve system stabilityAdditional InformationWe believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face.
That's why we work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you're not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces – like at an Informa event – you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely.
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Our benefits include:
Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networksBroader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available tooCareer opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it's time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job movesTime out: annual leave, birthday leave and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a yearA flexible range of personal benefits to choose from, plus company funded private medical coverA ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching sharesStrong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and moreRecognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmesAs an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the worldSummaryType: Full-timeFunction: Information TechnologyExperience level: Mid-Senior LevelIndustry: Marketing And Advertising